Former leader Jiang Zemin will be remembered for ushering in a decade of extraordinary Chinese economic growth. He sped up China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, transforming the global economy. But he also ensured the Chinese Communist Party retained absolute political power. Robert Lawrence Kuhn talks with The World’s Marco Werman.
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